"calamary" meaning in All languages combined

See calamary on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: calamaries [plural], calamar [alternative], calmar [alternative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin calamārius, from calamus (“a reed pen”), because of the ink emitted by squids. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|calamārius}} Learned borrowing from Latin calamārius Head templates: {{en-noun}} calamary (plural calamaries)
  1. (dated) A squid. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-calamary-en-noun-5ELmpmKZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Squid

Inflected forms

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